There’s a myriad of information on health and wellness. The challenge is finding where to turn for answers to your questions.

Below are a series of links that can help you get the answers to health questions. As always, make sure to consult your physician before embarking on any new medical treatments or procedures. Have any helpful health Web sites you’d like us to add? Email annie@uri.edu.

• www.myUHC.com (UnitedHealthcare)
• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association
• American Lung Association of Rhode Island
• American Cancer Society
• Initiative For Healthy Weight

  http://www.healthfinder.gov/      (great information on Diabetes and other diseases)

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

 
Dept of Health & Human Services    
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

 
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/

National Institute of Health     
http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/187

 
National Institute of Health
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/index.html

 
National Diabetes Education Program               
http://ndep.nih.gov/

 

 
Center for Disease Control and Prevention       
http://www.cdc.gov/
 

    
        http://www.healthierus.gov/

      
U.S. Food and Drug Administration                 
http://www.fda.gov/

 

 
http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/Healthy_Lifestyles/Diabetes/diabetes.asp

 

           
 http://www.womenshealth.gov/

 

                 
http://www.diabetes.org/about-diabetes.jsp%20

 

ShapeupRI for a healthy Rhode Island:                 
http://www.shapeupri.org/index.php

 

 
Worksite Wellness Council of Rhode Island   
http://www.wwcri.org/

http://www.welcoa.org/